The first in a planned trilogy of books about his life, Source Code covers Gates' remarkable childhood in Seattle, his brief stint at Harvard, and the early years of “Micro-soft” in Albuquerque. This is not the behind-the-scenes story of today’s trillion-dollar tech giant.

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.In Bill Gates' new autobiography, "Source Code: My Beginnings" (published February 4 by Knopf), the computer pioneer and philanthropist writes of his formative years,

When Bill Gates was a child, he used to believe that “if you truly were smart, you’d be able to get an A with as little effort as possible.”

Billionaire Bill Gates will release his fifth book, the first of three planned personal memoirs, later this year.